Gebrselassie, a running legend:
Ethiopia violence: Facebook to blame, says runner Gebrselassie
Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie has told the BBC that fake news shared on Facebook was behind violence in which 78 people died.
Trouble was sparked when an influential activist from the Oromo ethnic group, Jawar Mohammed said the authorities were endangering his life by removing his bodyguards.
The violence had ethnic and religious elements, the government said.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50276603
The article mentions the "Oromo" people, to me, those people are much like the Somalis and Muslims too. Many Ethiopians are Orthodox Christians.